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1. Story of Gust Nyquist, an amazing entrepreneur with only 3 years of formal education read on "A Look Back in Time" radio program, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Olson, Irene
Date Created:
2005-06
Description:
This sound clip highlights Gust Nyquist, an amazing entrepreneur with only 3 years of formal education. The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Radio programs

2. C. P. Frank's Atlas of the City of Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Frank, C. P.
Date Created:
1902
Description:
This 1902 atlas of Duluth, Minnesota, includes plat maps showing buildings and houses, streets and street surfaces, railroads, and trolley lines.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Atlases

3. Map of St. Louis County, Minnesota

Creator:
McGill-Warner Company
Date Created:
1921 - 1922
Description:
Map of Minnesota's St. Louis County showing land Department Holdings, The Duluth & Iron Range Rail Road Company, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Shows railroad land holdings, roads, trails, railroads, electric lines, forest reserve, hydrography, and survey grid. Scale: 1 inch = 3 miles.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

4. Beautiful Big Island Park, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Large fold-out brochure promoting tours of Lake Minnetonka and Big Island Park via the streetcar company's streetcars and boats, with photos, drawings, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

5. 1939 Bus Guide and City Map, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Duluth-Superior Transit Company
Date Created:
1939
Description:
Fold-out brochure promoting the Duluth-Superior bus system with photos, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

6. Wildwood Park on Beautiful White Bear Lake 1916, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1916
Description:
Large fold-out brochure promoting Wildwood Park with drawings, map and text.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

7. How to See Duluth and Superior on the Cars of the Twin Ports Electric Lines

Creator:
Duluth Street Railway
Date Created:
1911
Description:
Multi-page brochure with map and photographs on how to see Duluth-Superior by streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Transportation maps

8. Tour map, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1911
Description:
Large fold-out brochure promoting tours of Lake Minnetonka and Big Island Park via the streetcar company's streetcars and boats, with photos, drawings, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

9. The land of promise for farmers, dairymen, stock raisers, market gardeners, etc., a brief description of the resources and possibilities of the country tributary to the Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad and general information about the State of Minnesota

Date Created:
1897
Description:
This 40-page book, published in 1897, describes the land and towns that lie on the route of the Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad. Chapters describe the route of the railroad; the counties the railroad passes through; various crops grown, including potatoes, grain, berries and small fruit, and dairying. The last chapter provides brief descriptions of some towns along the route, including Pine City, Hinckley, Finlayson, Rutledge, Willow River, Sturgeon Lake, Moose Lake, Barnum, Mahtowa, Carlton, Duluth, and West Superior.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

10. Autobiography of Alfred Merritt

Creator:
Merritt, Alfred, 1847-1926
Date Created:
1915
Description:
This typescript was copied in November 1926 from Alfred Merritt's original 1915 manuscript. The author described his family's experience on the north shore of Lake Superior from the time of their arrival via steamboat in 1856 until the year 1894, including accounts of pioneers, settlers and land claims, and the discovery of iron ore on the Mesaba Range. Merritt also addressed the creation and demise of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railroad.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Memoirs

11. History of Duluth and Northern Minnesota

Creator:
Carey, John R.
Date Created:
1898
Description:
Judge John R. Carey, an early settler on the north shore of Lake Superior, wrote this account of the history of Duluth and northern Minnesota until 1870. He describes early exploration of the area, the surveying of the town of Superior, missionary efforts in the area, early elections, the building of railroads, the development of iron ore deposits and interesting anecdotes about residents and events.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

12. Interview with Larry Johnson (1946-2011), Schroeder Area Historical Society Oral History Collection, Schroeder, Minnesota

Creator:
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2007-09-07
Description:
The oral history of Larry Johnson, grandson of the John and Dorthia Morris pioneer family, describes his grandparent's homesteader life. Johnson describes the Alger Smith Railroad, 13 mile walks, trap lines and animal stories. This interview was conducted by Barbara Livdahl and videographer Judy Gregg of Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Schroeder Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

13. "Ella G. Stone" anchored in Burlington Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1883 - 1896
Description:
Image of the tugboat, Ella G. Stone, anchored off of the rocky shoreline in Burlington Bay. The Ella G. Stone was the first Duluth and Iron Range Company Tug used to supply workers and materials to build railroads and ore docks in Two Harbors (1883-1896).
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

14. Ore Docks at Agate Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Image of workers posing for a photograph on the loading docks at Agate Bay. Steam powered on dock with ore cars. Note the numbered loading docks and electric lights. The Two Harbors Lighthouse is in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Ship "Niagra" and passenger freigher "Ossifrage" docked at Agate Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888 - 1910
Description:
Published by the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railroad in a series of images taken by George A. Nelson. This image shows the passenger and coal docks. Misidentified as the first boat load of rails as the Ossifrage was not built until 1886 and the coal docks were not built until 1888. Therefore this photo dates to around 1889.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

16. Construction of Ore Dock Six in Agate Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1907
Description:
Image showing a network of railroad tracks and barges used to construct the second docks in Agate Bay. Footings have already been set, completed wooden ore dock can be seen in the background. Ore dock six was the first steel iron ore dock on the great lakes. Built by the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railroad.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Construction of Wooden Ore Dock at Agate Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890-1899
Description:
Group of men pose for a photograph with shovels. They stand on the clay bottom of the bay, water held back by a berm. The first wooden ore docks were built at Agate Bay in 1884. The docks were upgraded to steel beginning in 1907.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. "Edna G." tugboat at the dock, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1896 - 1917
Description:
Image of the tugboat, Edna G., at dock in Two Harbors. A whaleback vessel is docked alongside the tugboat. Ice appears around the tugboat, snow covers railroad tracks alongside dock. Note the eagle on top of the pilot house. When the Edna G. returned to Two Harbors from WWI service, the eagle had been removed.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Albumen prints

19. Streetcar at unknown location on Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908 - 1912
Description:
View of streetcar headed away from the camera, somewhere east of Hiawatha Avenue. Note: there is still quite a bit of undeveloped land in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

20. Streetcar at Lake Harriet Pavilion and Roof Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905 - 1910
Description:
Looking east across the tracks at the depot at left and the Lake Harriet pavilion in center distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

21. Spring Park dock, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906 - 1915
Description:
Looking north from the upper deck of an express boat approaching the Spring Park dock, with the Hotel Del Otero in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

22. Minnesota Point, White City, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906 - 1907
Description:
View of the end of the Park Point streetcar line at Minnesota Point and the White City amusement park. Printed in Germany.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

23. Streetcar on Superior Street at 5th Avenue. W., Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
Looking east on Superior Street at 5th Avenue W., with the Lyceum Theater at the left. Printed in Germany.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

24. Duluth Incline railroad, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh
Date Created:
1904 - 1909
Description:
A panoramic view of the incline from the west, also showing two connecting streetcars on Superior Street and railcars in yard.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

25. Superior Street Station of Incline, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
Looking directly up the incline from an elevated position across Superior Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
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